Covering a strikingly diverse range of languages from 12 linguistic families, this handbook is based on responses to a questionnaire constructed by the editors.

Quantification is a topic which brings together linguistics, logic, and philosophy. Quantifiers are the essential tools with which, in language or logic, we ref

This volume on the semantic complexity of natural language explores the question why some sentences are more difficult than others. While doing so, it lays the

Quantification forms a significant aspect of cross-linguistic research into both sentence structure and meaning. This book surveys research in quantification st